Author: Rick Mc

Career gymnastics coach who loves the outdoors, and the internet.

Canadian Elites that don’t go NCAA

I encourage just about every female Canadian gymnast with the skill level to consider College Gymnastics in the States.

It’s a wonderful opportunity.

I generally discourage Canadian male gymnasts as there are too few scholarships for MAG. They can get a better deal going to school and training in Canada.

Of course some Canadians don’t want to go to another country for University. (Some gymnasts from Quebec prefer doing University in French.)

Ellie Black, for example:

… “I chose to stay in Canada and go to school here and compete for Canada because I love where I live and the support that we have. …

Ellie was happy with her club environment, coaches and teammates. She wanted to train FIG 100% of the time.

She trains at Alta Gymnastics in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

new interview with Brett McClure

Kensley Behel was at the final Worlds trial.

She sat down with the U.S. Men’s High Performance Director before his first Worlds.

Doha goals are clear:

1. To bring home a medal as a team.

2. To bring home as many individual medals as possible.

3. To go 18 for 18.

When asked about the strengths and weaknesses of the team, “Our obvious weaknesses include start value on parallel bars, and our start value and execution on high bar. When there are gymnasts like Zou Jingyuan who are scoring our start values, we’ve got to step it up.”

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Brett McClure and the Direction of the Men’s Program

Nebraska is FINALLY getting a new Gym

Dan Kendig be praised. It’s a very rich University, of course.

MAG and WAG. Should open by January 2020.

Sylvia Manon Trio 1937

Incredible.

Click PLAY or watch it on Facebook.

Long before Acrobatic Gymnastics and competitive Cheer.

Szombathely Challenge Cup MAG results

Floor
1 Artem Dolgopyat Israel 6.4 8.300 14.700
2 Oleg Verniaiev Ukraine 5.8 8.250 14.050
3 Joel Plata Spain 5.7 8.200 13.900

Pommels
1 Oleg Verniaiev Ukraine 6.5 8.150 14.650
2 Saso Bertoncelj Slovenia 6.1 8.400 14.500
3 Shogo Nonomura Japan 5.7 8.200 13.900

Rings
1 Shogo Nonomura Japan 6.0 8.400 14.400
2 Ali Zahran Egypt 6.2 8.200 14.400
3 Kenta Chiba Japan 5.7 8.450 14.150
4 Yuri van Gelder Netherlands 5.9 8.250 14.150
5 Dang Nam Vietnam 6.0 8.150 14.150

Dang Nam

Vault
1 Keisuke Asato Japan 14.900
2 Le Thanh Tung Vietnam 14.750
3 Oleg Verniaiev Ukraine 14.625

P Bars
1 Petro Pakhniuk Ukraine 6.5 8.450 14.950
2 Kenta Chiba Japan 6.2 8.700 14.900
3 Oleg Verniaiev Ukraine 6.7 8.150 14.850

H Bar
1 Kenta Chiba Japan 5.8 8.350 14.150
2 David Vecsernyes Hungary 5.7 8.400 14.100
3 Marios Georgiou Cyprus 5.8 8.300 14.100

full results